SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Consequential Amendments

Section 16(3).

1

In each of the following provisions—

a

section 11(2)(b) of the M2Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967;

F2b

section 11(2)(b) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act (Northern Ireland) 1969;

F3c

section 12(2)(b) of the Commissioner for Complaints Act (Northern Ireland) 1969;

F4d

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e

section 32(2)(b) of the M3Local Government Act 1974;

f

section 30(2)(b) of the M4Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975;

F5g

paragraph 16(4)(b)(ii) of Schedule 3 to the M5Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975;

F6h

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j

regulation 35(2)(a)(ii) of the M6Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting out) Regulations 1984;

k

regulation 32(2)(a)(ii) of the M7Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985,

for the words “the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1939” there shall be substituted the words “ the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1989 ”.

F12

In section 22(6) of the M1Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 for the words “the Official Secrets Acts 1911 and 1920” there shall be substituted the words “the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1989”.

3

In paragraph (b) of section 9(4) of the M8Interception of Communications Act 1985 the words “or 2” shall be omitted and after that paragraph there shall be inserted—

bb

an offence under section 4 of the Official Secrets Act 1989 relating to any such information, document or article as is mentioned in subsection (3)(a) of that section;

4

Any provision in a public service pension scheme (within the meaning of the F7Pension Schemes Act 1993 or the F8Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 which has effect in relation to conviction of an offence under the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1939 shall be construed as if the reference to such an offence included a reference to an offence under this Act.